Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore, dies aged 85
The Canadian voice actor who gave Optimus Prime his unmistakable baritone and voiced Eeyore in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise, Peter Cullen, has passed away aged 85. According to a statement reported by BBC News, Cullen died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The statement read: “Peter Cullen passed away peacefully, surrounded by […]
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Tim Curry dies at 80: The Warrington boy who made Frank-N-Furter immortal
An unforgettable role in cinema history English actor Tim Curry’s death at the age of 80 was announced on Wednesday and confirmed by the BBC. It closes one of the strangest and most gleefully unclassifiable careers British acting has produced. A boy from Warrington who turned a lingerie-clad mad scientist into a permanent fixture of […]
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Phyllida Law, mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, dies aged 94
She was made an OBE in 2014 Phyllida Law, the Scottish stage and screen actress and mother of Dame Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson, has died at the age of 94. Her manager, Jacky Leggo, confirmed the death in a statement to BBC News, saying the actress had died at home in July. Phyllida Law’s […]
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Vincent Pastore, Sopranos’ ‘Big Pussy’, dies aged 80
RIP Vincent Pastore, the actor who played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in HBO’s The Sopranos, has died aged 80. The star, who portrayed Tony Soprano’s best friend turned FBI informant, was found at his home in New York City, Sky News reported. How Vincent Pastore became a Sopranos icon Pastore had not been heard from […]
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